Words you have an illogical aversion to

R2theB · by **R2theB** » Wed May 02, 2022 7:11 pm

Candlequeen, I totally forgot about "banter", I can't abide it, especially when people shorten it to "bant" as in, "man, that party last night was amazing bant". >:o(

Simples annoys me too, please don't pick up vocabulary from advertising, I don't like it and I won't have it! OH told me his most hated word is "cheesy" when used to describe music, people are always saying to him about his band "lovin' the cheesy tunes", according to him there's only good or bad music and just because you like something that's very popular or you think something is a bit naff doesn't mean it is "cheesy", it's usually just a great pop song. He also thinks people hide behind the word "cheesy" just in case someone else weighs in saying they think the song is cr@p. Good point.

R2theB · by **R2theB** » Wed May 02, 2022 7:26 pm

Should also add that there's a few American words that need to be nuked from orbit. They make NO sense: normalcy, irregardless, obligated. David Mitchell covers American English nicely here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw&ob=av3e

Layla20 · by **Layla20** » Wed May 02, 2022 7:30 pm

Swab, which is unfortunate considering that I'm a nurse and hear it regularly!

Nostress · by **Nostress** » Wed May 02, 2022 7:46 pm

Dont know why but i HATE hearing Irish people saying MOVIE...as in "i saw a really great movie", its FILM people, Irish FILM board, dont know why it just annoys me, also think i might go to the MOVIES tonight, its CINEMA...!!

Most people probably say movie because the other word always comes out sounding like FILIM :-8

I don't hate it but everytime I eat one I wonder where the word yoguht/yoghurt comes from, and the hell do you spell it? :-8

One word I do hate is the C U Next Tuesday one.

Persephone · by **Persephone** » Wed May 02, 2022 8:10 pm

Succulent is top of my list, followed by:

Panties
Naughty
Phlegm
Moist
Pastiche
Gangrene

But you know what, some are rather onomatopoeic so you've gotta give 'em kudos for that.

PaniniRoses · by **PaniniRoses** » Wed May 02, 2022 8:33 pm

Ointment. Ugh, icky, slimey word.
Societal. What's wrong with "social"? It did us fine for a very long time.
Cupcakes and frosting. Eh, who else grew up with buns and icing?
Cookies. No, we eat biscuits.
Tayto. They are a brand, not an entire section of the potato based product market.
Obligated. Thanks, but I'd rather be obliged.

Mamabelle2011 · by **Mamabelle2011** » Wed May 02, 2022 9:05 pm

R2theB wrote:
Smileykaz wrote:I also dislike the new craze for calling things 'amazeballs'.

+ 100 gazillion! Very irritating. Also, people saying BOOM when they're happy about something... "got tickets to the d-bag concert! BOOM!", oh yeah? Well, I wish you would actually explode.

The amazeballs thing is baaaad....but the BOOM thing is just painful. My cousin uses this constantly, on facebook, text, face-to-face...she's 26... I just want to beat her... >:o(

micls · by **micls** » Thu May 03, 2022 4:50 am

Mrs Coco wrote:another one, mothers calling their kids number 1, 2, 3...

As in:

Im expecting number 4.
Im going to collect number 2 at the creche.

probably irrational, but I find it very weird to refer to them that way.

It's worse when it's their actual names. Brother and sister 'Third' and 'Fourth' are in my school. Presumably mum and dad are first and second as they're the only kids.

I know it's the norm in loads of parts of Ireland but I always hated the phrase 'curry chip'. I'll have a curry chip. Are you only having one chip? No.

MinnietheMinx · by **MinnietheMinx** » Thu May 03, 2022 9:08 am

I don't think it's an illogical aversion but I absolutely HATE the phrase Bang On Trend.

gunadeas · by **gunadeas** » Thu May 03, 2022 9:10 am

I hate the words tinkle and chalk.... :eek

makes my skin crawl....

cabbagehead · by **cabbagehead** » Thu May 03, 2022 9:53 am

I think t!t / t!ts are horrible, horrible words. Calling something as feminie and beautiful as a breast "t!t" just sounds all wrong. I find it pointy and aggressive and bleurgh.

I hate "ginger" pronounced with a hard G (ging-er), used as an insult. Another horribly aggressive sounding word.

Business-speak makes me grind my teeth. The worst in my opinion is using progress as a verb ("let's progress this development"). It is JUST SINFUL AND WRONG.

sunny1 · by **sunny1** » Thu May 03, 2022 1:44 pm

I cant stand the word period :-8

I shudder anytime my friends drop the word casually into conversation. I always have to say "time of month". When dh uses the word I absolutely crriiiinnnggge and I will always correct him and give him the "proper" way to say it. I have no prob talking about "time of the month" so it's not like Im a prude but I cannot overcome my fear of the other word (cant bring myself to type it again :o0

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Am I the only one with this irrational word phobia????

Mrs Mia · by **Mrs Mia** » Thu May 03, 2022 2:20 pm

Riddled - as in "oh he is riddled with cancer"
spot/boil/pimple/scab - all of these words makes me shudder
crimbo - (short for christmas)
super
treat - go on...TREAT yourself...drives me mad

Flower Girl · by **Flower Girl** » Thu May 03, 2022 4:06 pm

Girls, this list is just amazeballs, I'm wetting my panties here reading it. It's funny.com, totes. BOOM!

MrsDarcy · by **MrsDarcy** » Thu May 03, 2022 4:14 pm

I have an array of them that make me squirm :

Mushroom
Nugget
Phlegm
Diddies >:o(

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